Improvement in plow-cleaning attachments



J. H. STORM. "PLOW CLEANING ATTACHMENT.

' Patented May'L 1877.

N.PEYERS PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D. C.

cation:

fully set forth.

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE;

JAMES H. STORM, OF MITOHELLV ILLEIOWA.

.lMPRQi/EMENT IN PLOW-CLEANING ATTACHMENTSL Specification forming part'of Letters Patent No. 30,165, dated May 1, 1877; application filed July 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. STORE/[,0 Mitchellville, in the connty of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a Plow-Cleaning Attachinent, of which the following is a specifi- The object of my invention is toprovide an attachment for plows,complete in itself, in

such form that itcan be readily applied and operated to gather and catch weeds in advance of the plow and standard and carry the same to one side, to be covered by the furrow-slice of soil cut loose by the advancingplow.

It consists in constructing and mounting a pendent swinging or oscillating guard'or weed catcher and carrier in a bracket adapted to be fastened to the plow-beam, as hereinafter my bent pendent and oscillating weed catcher and carrier. 0 is a curved skeleton bracket, attached to the side of the plow-beam. d is a metal spring, coiled on afvertical post, that extends through the top and bottom of the skeleton bracket and forms a bearing for the pivoted weed catcher and carrier 1). f is an elbow-form branch, rising from the horizontal portion of the'weed'catcher b, and terminating in a bearing on the post that retains the spring 01 in its place. 9 is a rod and handle, linked to the free end and horizontal arm of the weed catcher and carrier b. It extends rearward, and rests upon the top plowfhandle jbracer Fig. 2 is a perspective View (if the complete attachment, ready to apply. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a plow, showing my attachn ent applied.

To apply my attachment, simply pass screws or bolts through the perforations in the bracket 0, and into or through the plow-beam.

The bracket 0 may be made of wroughtiron, or cast complete in one piece of common or malleable iron.

standard a.

In the practical operation of my attachment,

the spring d will hold and retain the vertical portion of the'weed-catcher bin its normal position, immediatelyin front of the standard a. The lower and rearwardly'curved end of it will hand rearward around the outside of the This lower curved and horizontal portion of the weed-catcher, standing rearward in its normal position, swings forward as it follows the vertical portion, and stands across the m0ld-b0ard,to direct weeds toward that vertical part of the guard, and thereby prevent them from passing behind the guard while "in the act of "conveying matter to .the

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side and rear of the plow-standard a. weeds and obstructions met asthe plow advances will come into contact with this pendent guard b and adhere to it. Before enough matter has accumulated to become an obstr'uction, the plowman, by pulling rearward the handle g, can readily swing the guard and weed catcher and carrier 1) to one side and throw 011 the adhering matter, to drop upon the furrow-slice that is turning and will an I 'As an improved article of manufacture, a

plow-cleaning attachment, composed of the bent and pivoted weed-catcher b, having an elbow-form branch, f, and handle 9, the skeleQ ton bracket 0, and the spring d, substantially as and for the purposesshown and described.

JAMES "H. STORM.

Witnesses: Q i I. G. DAILEY,

- J. A. HOGG. 

